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Pyper lives in world where AI-generated teens struggle with their own reality, at Frederic Wood Theatre from March 11 to 28

Award-winning play by Susanna Fournier offers an unsettling, witty update of fairy-tale themes as old as Pinocchio and the Pied Piper

THEATRE, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithMarch 4, 2026UBC Theatre

Marlene Ginader's Canadian Psycho premieres at the Firehall Arts Centre, March 31 to April 12

Provocative solo show follows a woman who’s focused on fixing the lack of diversity in the serial-killer space

A Cree Approach profiles groundbreaking language keeper, March 5 to 8 at VIFF Centre

Vancouver-based Tristin Greyeyes finds inspiration in her grandmother’s story in documentary at GEMFest

SCREENJanet SmithMarch 3, 2026Vancouver International Film Festival, GEMFest, Indigenous

Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 expert-recommended Beaujolais sips at the Vancouver International Wine Festival

France is in the spotlight at this year’s event, which features a weekend-long tasting event at the Vancouver Convention Centre

With PopCappella, Chor Leoni reinterprets everything from the B-52s to the Proclaimers, March 6 and 7

Harmonizing through the decades, Vancouver choir is set to premiere six new arrangements

MUSICJanet SmithMarch 3, 2026Chor Leoni, CHOR LEONI, PopCappella

Munish Sharma’s Danceboy makes its world premiere at Pi Theatre, March 19 to 22

In the Theatre Conspiracy production copresented by Touchstone Theatre, a South Asian man finds self-expression through dance

People, Places & Things tackles addiction, despair, and hope at The Cultch

Director Mindy Parfitt finds inspiration with local implications in the darkness, wit, and honesty of Duncan Macmillan’s acclaimed play

THEATREJanet SmithMarch 2, 2026the Cultch, The Search Party, Homepage feature

Theatre review: Refreshingly buoyant Nunsense is blessed with charm and skill

In the endearing new Metro Theatre production, a five-sister team of performers creates an exceptionally strong and funny ensemble

THEATREJanet SmithMarch 2, 2026Metro Theatre

The Golden Anniversaries tours to the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, March 24 and 25

Arts Club production centres a married couple that recounts the good, the bad, and the ugly of spending 50 years together

Dance review: At Ballet BC's INFINITY, Jiří Kylián and Crystal Pite take viewers into strange, subconscious limbos

Contemporary-art-like 27’52’”makes elaborate play with shadows and time, while Frontier reveals new narrative and thematic complexity

DANCEJanet SmithFebruary 28, 2026Ballet BC, BALLET BC

Jenn Grant draws on her family history for sometimes-heartbreaking songs

The Nova Scotian singer-songwriter is touring with a new multimedia show, Cradled by the Waves

MUSICJanet SmithFebruary 27, 2026Blueshore at CapU, CapU Global Roots

Little Room Productions premieres inaugural piece Fall(se) Circ(us), March 21

New Works copresents Isak Enquist's genre-defying fusion of martial arts and contemporary dance influences

Dominique Fils-Aimé’s music becomes a way of life rooted in emotional journey

Acclaimed Montreal singer and songwriter intertwines healing experiences in nature and musical history to reach toward the light

MUSICJanet SmithFebruary 26, 2026Chan Centre, CHan Centre for the Performing Arts, jazz

Playwright Caroline Bélisle addresses motherhood anxieties in Liste des enfants dévorés par les loups

Care of Théâtre la Seizième, the work examines how female friendships must adapt to the pressure of raising a new life

THEATREJanet SmithFebruary 26, 2026Theatre la Seizieme, Theatre La Seizieme, Théâtre la Seizième, Studio 16

Kat Sandler's seductively funny Wildwoman comes to Gateway Theatre, March 26 to April 4

Based on the true story that inspired Beauty and the Beast, play centres Catherine de Medici and the man who awakens her wild side

THEATREStir VancouverFebruary 26, 2026Partner Content, Gateway Theatre, Alberta Theatre Projects

Heist, Death of a Salesman, Elf, and more as Arts Club unveils 15 shows for 2026–27

Next season includes high-camp spoof Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors, Tracey Power’s premiere The Elvis Christmas Comeback Special, and the newly named Lindsay Family Stage

NEWS, THEATREJanet SmithFebruary 25, 2026Arts Club Theatre Company, Arts Club

Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival scales peaks and paraglides down, February 27 to March 11

Views and feats to inspire, from a Women Mountaineers program at The Cinematheque to the Everest tales of adventure filmmaker Elia Saikaly

Hair of the Bear searches out psychological thrills in a lethal landscape

At the Rendez-Vous French Film Festival, filmmaker Alexandre Trudeau and star Malia Baker confront anxiety and mortality in the deep freeze of the Prairies